Goldman bought securities from the funds at market value as a proactive move and not from any stressed position.
NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group Inc poured more than $1 billion into two of its prime money-market portfolios this week due to heavy investor withdrawals, in what the Wall Street bank described as a pre-emptive move to boost liquidity at a time of coronavirus-related stress.
Goldman purchased $722.4 million in assets from its GS Financial Square Money Market Fund and $301.2 million from its GS Fund Square Prime Obligations Fund, the bank disclosed on Friday in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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